Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-02
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.
Lodi is agitating water works.

Typhoid fever is reported epidemic at
Rhinelander.
The hazlenut crop is reported very
large throughout the state.
Another manufactory to employ thirty
five hands is talked of at La Crosse.
Chicago soap p-manufacturing firm is
negotiating for site in Marin 4tte.
A Durand creamery shipped 2,040 lbs.
of butter to Chicago on Tuesday.
The blackberry crop around Marrinette
is complete failnre.
The yeast factory at Fond du Lac is
to have 30x125 feet Two story addition.
President Raymond, of Lawrence uni
versity is attending camp meeting al
Viroqua.
The La Crosse Chronicle says that the
real estate assessment of that city doubles
every ten years.
new banking house is to be opened
at New Richmond, Oct. 10, to be known
as the Manufacturers bank.
The light frosts of Tuesday night did
no damage to the cranberry marshes at
Berlin,
The Wausau guards have decided not
this fail.
The Chippewa Falls Publishing Com
pany, which will own the daily to be
started i'll that city, has $4,000 capital
stock.
Tuesday night the temperature in La
Crosse was the lowest known in August in
that section for the past fourteen years.
large oil warehouse is to be erected
at Grand Crossing La Crosse, next year.
The city officials of Kaukauna will
play their proposed game of ball Sunday
next.
The game laws are being better enforc-
ed at Eau Claire than in any other part
of the state.
The oaraboo opera house is nearly
completed, and Will be formally opened
the last ef September.
1t took Eau Claire's crack fire company
"a minutes to hook up, run two blocks
and get q stream started.
The Wisconsin Central depot at Honey
Creek was robbed of about $lO0 worth of
property belongirg.:o the agent.
The executive committee having charge
of the Brown county fair, has decided to
issue no free passes.
The project of building a narrow gauge
railroad between Waukesha aud Pewaukee
lake is being agitated.
Bloomer claims to have the largest
Good TempIar lodge in the state 1t
numbers lS2 members in good standing.
Prof. L. S. Hurlbut, of the Darlington
schools, mas accepted the professorship
of mathematics in the university of
Dakota.
The pioneer work for the winters cam
paigh in the woods is commencing. The
indications are that the logging opera
ti9ns of the coming winter will be on a
liberal scale.
Paul Grostkau, the Milwaukee anarch-
ist editor, has at last secured bail and
been released from all. As was the case
with Johann Most, prison life has ap-
partntly had a subduing effect on him.
New G.. A. R. posts have been mustered
in during the past six months at Kenosha,
Poysippi, RhineIander, Mindora, Bangor,
Cataract, Loyal, Prairie Farm and Trim
belle.
Heavy rains have stopped farmers in
the southern part of the state from sell
ling their cattle or sendinG them west
where feed has been plenty.
Hugo Tuerpe, the Berlin cornetist, who
received an ovation 10 Boston recently, it
being his first appearance in this country
is a relative of Oswald Iaerpe, of K1el,
Manitowec county.
The Pa myra branch of the wauwatosa
pickle factory on Saturday received 473
bushels of cucumbers for shipping, from
the surrounding country. being the larg
est amount any one day this season.
G. W. White, manager of the Planking-
| ton house is making great i'm provements
on his Green Lake property and is quiet
ly purchasing more as he has opportun-
ities, and will no doubt put tup good
hotel at that point some day.
Mayor Dale. OF Oshkosh. is said TO
/ have delivered a severe lecture to number
of aldermen for their alleged ina,tion in
the matter of the epidemic of 6iphtherla
4 in the neighborhood of ! certain sink
hole near the match factory.
1 Tuesday the engineers on the line of
| the Freeport, Dodgeyille Il Northern
| railway comHeced setting the grade
| stakes at DodgeviIie. The greater part
OF the right of way has been secured, but
| few tracts will have to be condemned.
The report of the Milwaukee Light
Horse Squadron court of Milwaukee a. to
charges made against Captain Schoefel,
| fully yirdicate the affair
The Milwaukee socialists are said to
have raised SI,ooo towards the 5000
necessary to get Paul Grottkau out of the
sherif-s hands. They want him to rep
resent them at the national convention OF
socialists, which meets at Buffalo Sept.
18th.